Coleridge's poems at a glance

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Themes

• God in nature (Pantheism)
• Deeper understanding of the self through meditation and contemplation of the sublime
• Carpe Diem (seize the day), that is, living life to the full
• Contempt for or condescension towards urban life

Symbols

Style

• Conversational, use of personal language, caesura.
• Lyrical
• Cyclical narrative

Form

• Blank verse
• Open rhyme scheme
• Rhythm created by deliberate placement of words and syllables

Techniques

Aural:

• Onomatopoeia
• Rhythm/Pace
• Sibillance
• Assonance
• Plosives
• Alliteration
• Rhyme
• Tone
• Elision
• Stress/Meter
• Modality

Structural

• Repetition
• Hyperbole
• Oxymoron
• Juxtaposition
• Cyclical narrative
• Metonymy
• Framing devices
• Changes in tense: flashbacks/flashforwards

Imagery

• Metaphor
• Similie
• Personification
• Symbolism
• Synesthesia
• Types of imagery: aural, visual, tactile, gustatory, oflactory